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The combination of crunchy texture and sweet, tart flavor have made grapes an ever popular between meal snack as well as a refreshing addition to both fruit and vegetable salads. Grapes contain beneficial compounds called flavonoids, which are phytonutrients that give the vibrant purple …
Quite frankly the description that I have provided for ‘Thengolu’ is just a hodgepodge of words and does not seem very appetizing. One has to taste it to really experience the taste, flavor and crispiness of it. Thengol/ Thenkuzhal is a South Indian deep fried …
The project of baking some muffins way back in May of this year along with DS was fun, but I felt the little one needed more ‘maturity’ and ‘seriousness’ for baking activity. I decided to give it few more months, before involving him in baking projects.
That was in May, but now over several months, I have seen more ‘self-control’ and eagerness to help in the 4 year old. He loves it when he is called around to help in the kitchen and enjoys being called the ‘little-chef’. Anyway during the weekend I decided to give it another try and involved him in this muffin baking project.
I searched over the internet for some muffins and found some really good ones, many of which I have bookmarked for future use. I look for recipes that are easy to make, low-fat, eggless and comparatively healthy. I liked this one here and made few changes of my own. My son loves chocolate (he calls it “chloocate”), so I decided to add some chocolate chips in this recipe. Plus the combination of banana and chocolate is pure bliss. I did not have applesauce, so I increased the quantity of banana and added about a tablespoon of butter.
Saturday morning we got off to a good start and assembled all the ingredients required. This time around I was pleasantly surprised, as he followed instructions carefully and made conscious effort not to spill things, or go overboard with mixing etc. He did not like it when I added the mashed bananas, but the joy on his face when we mixed in the chocolate chips to the batter was priceless.
He was extremely happy when the muffins came out of the oven. He told anybody and everybody that he had baked those muffins. The 6 muffins were gone in no time and I am pretty sure I will make this often. These are guilt free muffins to snack on and good ones for those mid-afternoon cravings. It is a good way to use up some of those over ripe bananas.
Sometimes change is not bad after all. Recently at work, I moved my desk from one place to another (please don’t ask why!) and I am totally enjoying it. Nothing has changed in terms of my job, my position, my work load etc everything remains …
If you are looking for some crunchy, low calorie, high fiber snack then this one is just right for you! These are not only easy to make, but taste delicious as well. Garbanzo beans are classified as one of The World’s Healthiest Foods …
Malabar Spinach is also referred to Indian Spinach, Ceylon Spinach. It is called as pui shak in Bengali, Vaali bhaaji in Konkani, basale soppu in Kannada and as bachhali in Telugu. Typical of leaf vegetables, it is high in vitamin A, vitamin C, iron, and calcium. It is low in calories by volume, and high in protein per calorie. (Source: Wiki)
In Bangalore we had these plants growing in our yard. They are a fast-growing, vine reaching up to 10 m in length. They are thick, semi-succulent, and have a mild flavor. They hardly required any maintenance and the more we cut the more they grew. We would gladly provide this to our neighbors and enjoy their variation of curry. They are sticky after they are cut, but then it looses its stickiness after they are cooked.
The coconut curry is a Konkani delicacy and is prepared pretty much the same way by my mom and also MIL.
This is my contribution to the event “Think Spice…. Think Red Chillies” an event hosted by Lakshmi. This event is a brain child of Sunita Bhuyan of Sunita’s World. I have been a bit behind in event participation, however for obvious reasons I did not want to miss this event. 🙂
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The weather here in our part of the woods has taken a major turn. From scorching heat 2-3 weeks ago, we are now experiencing rains through out the day. The weather has cooled down quite a bit now and the plants in our …